PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Peter Heart (ranked 2245 p4p, 255 weight class) and Roger Dawson (ranked 1706 p4p, 209 weight class). Heart comes to the ring accompanied by Eric Church - Record Year. This should be a great matchup!

Heart
vs
Dawson

180 cm
31
155 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

179 cm
30
159 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Heart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roger Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heart misses with a hook
and Dawson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Heart displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dawson throws out the jab.
Heart scores with the left hand. Dawson knows he should have avoided that one.
Heart misses with a body shot.
Heart misses with a right hand
and Dawson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dawson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dawson slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Dawson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart misses with a hook to the body
and Dawson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dawson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A swing and a miss from Heart.
Dawson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've been hearing reports that Heart has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson misses with a looping left.
A quick step to the side and Heart tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heart throws a right hand that misses
and Dawson counters with a nice uppercut.
Heart lands a slapping body shot.
Heart throws a right hand that misses
and Heart takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dawson ducks under a wild hook from Heart.
Heart misses with a wild body shot.
Heart misses with a shot to the body
and Dawson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dawson looks to throw the jab but Heart is out of range.
Heart misses with an uppercut. Dawson saw that one coming.
Dawson slips under a jab from Heart.
Dawson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Heart throws a series of punches but Dawson moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heart connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Heart looks to throw the jab but Dawson is out of range.
Dawson misses with an uppercut. Heart saw that one coming.
Heart misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Dawson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heart lands a really nice looking cross but Dawson seems unphased.
Heart misses with a lunging right hand

and Dawson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dawson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Heart is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dawson is defending well.
A left hand lands to the body for Dawson.
Heart tries for a takedown. No joy.
Heart tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Heart. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dawson misses with a body punch.
Heart prevents a body shot from Dawson.
Dawson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Heart.
Heart blocks a body shot from Dawson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Roger Dawson will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A slow jab from Dawson misses its intended target.
Heart throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dawson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Heart throws a body shot but no joy.
Heart thuds a left hand into Dawson's body.
Heart lands a two punch combo.
Heart throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dawson on the side of the head.
Heart misses with an uppercut
enabling Dawson to counter with a crisp jab.
Heart rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dawson counters with a stiff right hand.
Heart tests Dawson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dawson slips a jab and a cross from Heart.
Dawson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Heart throws a right hand that misses
and Dawson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Heart thinking.
Dawson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heart on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dawson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dawson connects with a crisp jab.
Heart lands a jab to the nose.
Heart swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dawson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dawson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heart.
Heart misses with a body punch
and Dawson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Heart swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dawson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dawson slips under a jab from Heart.
Heart uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dawson has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Heart connects with a crisp jab.
Heart throws a right hand that misses
and Dawson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Heart misses with a hook.
Dawson lands with a nice combination. Heart backs away looking to recover.
Dawson dodges the punch combination from Heart.
Peter Heart is winning the standup battle so far.
Heart throws a poor cross that misses
and Heart takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dawson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Heart throws out the jab.
Heart throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Dawson to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dawson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heart.
Heart swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Roger Dawson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice defenses there by Dawson.
Heart misses with a left hand
and Dawson counters with a nice body shot.
Heart misses with a double jab
and Dawson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Heart connects with a crisp jab.
Heart misses with a left hand
and Heart takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Heart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dawson.
Heart throws a right hand that misses
and Dawson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart swings widly with a right hand
and Dawson counters with a right hand to the body.
A slow jab from Heart misses its intended target.
Dawson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Peter Heart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heart swings widly with a right hand
and Dawson counters with a nice uppercut.
Heart misses with a hook
and Dawson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Peter Heart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Heart.
Heart misses with a lunging right hand
and Dawson counters with a stiff right hand.
Heart loads up on a big right hand but Dawson slips the punch.
A nice side step and Dawson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dawson.
Heart misses the body punch
enabling Dawson to counter with a crisp jab.
Heart missing with a left hand there. Dawson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dawson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Heart misses with a left hand
enabling Dawson to counter with a crisp jab.
A shot to the body from Heart misses
and Dawson counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heart swings widly with a right hand
letting Dawson counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heart misses the jab.
Heart takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Heart misses with a hook
and Dawson counters with a nice body shot.
Heart is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dawson.
Heart throws a looping overhand right but Dawson ducks down to avoid it.
Heart throws a right hand that misses
and Dawson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Heart throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dawson counters with a two punch combo.
Heart throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dawson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roger Dawson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Heart throws a lazy uppercut
and Dawson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Dawson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dawson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Roger Dawson!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Roger Dawson!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Roger Dawson!

Roger Dawson wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Roger Dawson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Peter Heart was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck this! Let's do it again.'.